By Linda Blackford | Editor
The Medicaid cliff is coming, and people are worried. Amid a blame game between Gov. Andy Beshear and the General Assembly, real people begged to be considered. Reporter Sarah Ladd has the the story.
Also in the news, Trump gave a speech, attempting to cast doubt on both the 2020 election and the one coming up in the fall. The only elections that seem A-OK? The ones he wins, of course. You can read about the speech, and then you might be interested in the commentary of J. Patrick Cooligan, editor of our sister outlet the Minnesota Reformer, who has thoughts about how to really protect our elections.
Hope you’re having a wonderful weekend. Thanks for reading.
Dozens of Kentuckians with disabilities and their loved ones and advocates came to Frankfort and pleaded with elected officials to find a way to protect the services they receive through Medicaid waivers. July 17, 2026. (Kentucky Lantern photo by Sarah Ladd)
By Sarah Ladd
FRANKFORT — Dozens of Kentuckians with disabilities and their loved ones and advocates came to Frankfort Friday and pleaded with elected officials to find a way to protect the services they receive through Medicaid waivers.
A demonstrator, visibly doused in pepper spray, reacts during a federal raid at Bro-Tex, a paper distributor St. Paul Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. Courageous citizenship may again be required this year to ensure a free and fair election. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer)
COMMENTARY
By J. Patrick Cooligan
The feckless response of American elites to President Donald Trump’s authoritarian attempt the past decade has often been a failure of imagination: Oh, surely he’ll leave office after he loses. Oh, his immigration officers surely won’t roam our streets racially profiling people and killing our neighbors.
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